Nope, stopped around 2010.You obviously don't watch F1
Just reading comments in this thread about drivers being whiney, arrogant, humble. Almost no talk about actual racing.
Proves I’m not missing anything.
Nope, stopped around 2010.You obviously don't watch F1
I'd like to see Alonso, Hamilton, Verstappen, Norris, and Leclerc, in the same car for a season as they are my top 4. I think Verstappen or Leclerc would have a good battle for P1 in qualifying, but over a race distances, I think Alonso and Hamilton are going to be right with them.Max is a machine. Pure talent. A bit arrogant but he can back it up. I'll take him any day over Hamilton or Vettel in their prime. I couldn't stand seeing either of them on screen or hearing everyone gush over them. I don't know how anyone thought they were 'humble'. What an act and apparently it worked on lots of people.
I realize everyone's loving the Alonso renaissance, but Hamilton is not Alonso and he needs to retire.
I don't. When his car wasn't as competitive, he definitely had to try a lot harder, be more aggressive, take chances. Now with the current car and him being "as one" with it, the combination is nearly untouchable. When he's not in pole position, the joke is "how many laps before Max takes the lead?" and it's usually the case.I question Max's actual racecraft.
Um, so why post at all? I don't follow NASCAR so I don't comment on it, as I know nothing about it, other than the new cars are tough as nails, and you can run around the wall WO for a corner and still make it to the finish line!Nope, stopped around 2010.
Just reading comments in this thread about drivers being whiney, arrogant, humble. Almost no talk about actual racing.
Proves I’m not missing anything.
So if my opinion is that “the emperor has no clothes” I have to keep it to myself?Um, so why post at all? I don't follow NASCAR so I don't comment on it, as I know nothing about it, other than the new cars are tough as nails, and you can run around the wall WO for a corner and still make it to the finish line!
Well, if you haven't seen the emperor in 13 years... How would you know?So if my opinion is that “the emperor has no clothes” I have to keep it to myself?
I tried watching few races last season and the season before, could not stand the boredom.Well, if you haven't seen the emperor in 13 years... How would you know?
you can say that for almost any successful person.Whenever I think of the best I always frame that within the era in which they raced. Max, although talented, has been incredibly lucky.
Compare that to the career path and era of Michael Schumacher.
Sure but there must be some sympathy when the team owner Toto Wolff tells the pressHaving been involved in another professional racing series, on underfunded teams, and dominant Championship winning teams, I have to laugh at the whining from the likes of Hamilton.
Step up or shut up.
More power to Redbull and Max.
Sure which is why I refrain from using "Best ever". It's all relative.you can say that for almost any successful person.
being in the right spot at the right time, has alot to do with any success many of us enjoy or miss out on.
Working hard and being smart helps out too.
you can say that for almost any successful person.
being in the right spot at the right time, has alot to do with any success many of us enjoy or miss out on.
Working hard and being smart helps out too.
Sure but there must be some sympathy when the team owner Toto Wolff tells the press
"That car finished second last week and the week before, and whatever we did to it was horrible... this car doesn't deserve a win"" Lewis survived out there, but George... I can only feel for the two driving such a miserable thing."
At least they remain civilized vs resorting to fist-fighting. Plus, a lot of the so-called arrogance is made-up by tabloid-like media that covers F1. I don't know if NASCAR has the amount of "gossip" that F1 does and 90% always turns out to be fake news.I have no problem with drivers or teams being arrogant.
I was confused by your "Step up or shut up" comment regarding Hamilton. How is he supposed "step up" in a bad car?No sympathy from me. Competing at the highest level in anything, is not, and should not be easy. If it was, anyone could do it, and there would be a corresponding lack of interest.
Being the best requires a serious commitment in time, effort, and in professional racing, money.
Arrogance has been mentioned a few times. I have no problem with drivers or teams being arrogant. That's a necessary component to want to strive to win. But above all, don't whine when things aren't going your way.
I see what you did there. They both can sometimes be very exciting.F1 is as exciting as nascar.
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Went to the Circuit of the Americas for the 2021 F1 race here. I was not impressed with the experience. You get a very brief glimpse of the cars passing by and that’s about it. I knew when Hamilton went by because the crowd started to cheer, otherwise I had no idea what was going on.Well F1 comes to Las Vegas this month. Maybe seeing it in person is the ticket to liking it. Place your bets now…
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Given the price of tickets at the US races, I have no interest in going. Like you say, you only get a "glimpse" of action and the cars are often only a blur. I'm fine with TV.I was not impressed with the experience. You get a very brief glimpse of the cars passing by and that’s about it.